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Four years after Pretty Woman came Milk Money, another implausible “prostitute finds love with a nice man” romantic comedy, this time from My Stepmother Is an Alien director Richard Benjamin. It is much more warm-hearted than the more successful Julia Roberts film, with Melanie Griffith sexy and down-to-earth as the hooker brought home by a young boy as a prospective wife for his lonely dad (Ed Harris). Both Harris and Griffith give proficient, understated performances, while Malcolm McDowell is convincingly nasty as the pimp who's after Griffith. It's utterly preposterous but thoroughly enjoyable entertainment.

Melanie Griffith is V, a big-city tart with a heart, who's discovered by a group of schoolboys who've cycled in from... read more on Time Out